Larry Wallis. RIP.

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Original Motörhead guitarist Larry Wallis died yesterday, aged 70. 

I bought the On Parole album on cassette, probably around 1984.... having already owned Ace Of Spades and No Sleep Til Hammersmith, I couldn’t believe it was the same band.
Still. I grew to love some of those songs....The Watcher, Fools and the title track.  

RIP. 
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 12314
    RIP. Saw him with one of the incarnations of the Pink Fairies. 
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  • LodiousLodious Frets: 1942
    Great guitarist. I loved his playing on 'I wish I was a girl'. Saw him play live once at Sheffield University in the late 80's and he was great live. RIP Larry. 
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28280
    edited September 2019
    I was a big Pink Fairies fan back in the day, he was on Kings of Oblivion and Live at the Roundhouse, great albums that I still have on vinyl. RIP Larry

    I never knew that he was in Motorhead!
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  • JezWyndJezWynd Frets: 6021
    edited September 2019
    There's an excellent version of Police Car on the Live Stiffs LP, Try this: 12:57

    I'd forgotten how great that album is.
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  • Lemmy often said he conceived Motörhead as the British MC5 so the Wallis/ On Parole version probably closer to that vision than how it evolved. Reading his wiki page Larry collaborated with former members of MC5 later on as well. 
    He wrote this which I know pretty well and I hadn’t realised was his work until now

    https://youtu.be/be_SNB6R7-g

    RIP
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • Police Car is a classic. :)
    Be seeing you.
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